Ford owns part of Cummins but CC has a contract with Cummins, not CAT for
Diesels for several more years.
KW
Mike P Sykes wrote:
> Nah, from what I remember, Ferd snagged the Cummins deal, so CC went to
> Cat.
> A look ont the bright side about the DBCC deal.... maybe a 245HP Avenger
> with a Merc. derived V8..... OR a 200HP V6 from Merc in a Neon...
> wouldn't be a bad trade off.
> -mike sykes
>
> miggitymike@juno.com >or< mpsykes@erols.com
> 88V6LE3.55AUTO
>
> "You can't legislate morality......."
>
> On Mon, 11 May 1998 00:01:18 -0400 Craig Baltzer
> <Craig.Baltzer@Anjura.COM> writes:
> >What deal with Caterpillar? They have a deal with Cummins, but not Cat
> >as far as I know...
> >
> >Craig
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Mike P Sykes [mailto:miggitymike@juno.com]
> >Sent: May 10, 1998 8:13 PM
> >To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> >Subject: Re: DML: DaimlerChrysler
> >
> >
> >Hey, wait a minute... what about CC's contract with Caterpillar? If
> >Daimler owns Chrysler AND Nissan Deisel, does that mean they are
> >gonna'
> >start putting Nissan Motors in the HD Rams, or are they gonna' stick
> >with
> >Cat? I'd be interested in seeing how that turns out. I know CC gets a
> >good amount of the Towing Set becuase of the Cummins.... I know they
> >would hate to loose those loyal customers.....
> >-mike
> >
> >-miggitymike@juno.com >or< mpsykes@erols.com
> >88V6LE3.55AUTO
> >
> >"Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law...."
> >
> >On Sun, 10 May 1998 19:12:31 -0500 Robert Trottmann
> ><rotrottmann@davidson.edu> writes:
> >>Close but no banana. DaimlerChrysler itself is the 5th largest,
> >>behind GM,
> >>Ford, VW, and Toyota, in terms of # of cars sold. Just announced
> >>today,
> >>Daimler is trying to buy Nissan Diesel Motor company, Nissan's truck
> >>opperation. Now that would be one hell of a company, Daimler,
> >>Chrysler,
> >>Nissan Diesel....I guess the future is here.
> >>So, where is my money going today?
> >>Later,
> >>Robert
> >>
> >>Bruce Aaron Hefner wrote:
> >>
> >>> >
> >>> > I realize that. That's old news. I'm thinking Ford will have to
> >>> > merge/buy again to keep up w/ capacity. DaimlerChrysler is still
> >
> >>behind
> >>> > Ford in terms of size, but not very far at all. With the
> >>improvements
> >>> > the two added together will give, Ford is going to sink or swim,
> >>and to
> >>> > swim, they must merge. GM, on the other hand, is big enough to
> >>stay
> >>> > alive. Jag was nothing anyway, it was going to fail sooner or
> >>later, it
> >>> > was just a matter of time.
> >>> > Rolls and Bently and Jag were bought out b/c they were small.
> >>What the
> >>> > Daimler Chrysler deal does, is redefine what a "small" car
> >company
> >>is.
> >>> > Later,
> >>> > Robert
> >>> >
> >>> Well what I read the other day said that Chrysler by itself is the
> >>5th
> >>> largest automaker in the world, so the combined DB-CC will have to
> >>be at
> >>> least the third largest in the world if not the second largest (I
> >>assume
> >>> GM is the largest and Ford's second so with the merger they should
> >>be
> >>> right on the heels of Ford if not overtaking them...).. Just my
> >>> thoughts...
> >>>
> >>> Bruce
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>--
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> >>http://thelma.davidson.edu/rotrottmann/web/default.htm
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> >>
> >>
> >>
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